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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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1. The higher the BMR a client has --
hemorrhage
can consume more calories without weight gain
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
4 calories/gram
2. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
antioxidant - immune function
day week or month
6 oz. a day
dark green - orange - drybeans
3. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
low albumin levels < 3.4
vitamin K
18-25
cream cheese - cream or butter
4. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
one tspn salt or less
18-25
5. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
cream cheese - cream or butter
starches - sugars - and cellulose
albumin levels
can consume more calories without weight gain
6. Name six sources of grains
protein and fat
antioxidant - immune function
5.5 ounces/day
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
7. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
review of systems
transferrin
vitamin C - citrus fruits
8. Fats can lead to some medical problems
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
9. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
liver and intestinal synthesis
apple is higher risk than a pear
10. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
carrots and sweet potatoes
B and C
trans fatty acid
11. What type of people need extra protein?
trans fatty acid
dietary approach to stop hypertension
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
12. What are healthy sources of fats?
cream cheese - cream or butter
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
can consume more calories without weight gain
13. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
2 cups
starches - sugars - and cellulose
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
14. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
milk - enriched grains
vitamin K
hemoglobin
dark green - orange - drybeans
15. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
diet recall
protein and fat
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
16. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
rickets - osteomalacia
hemoglobin
17. Where can you get more vitamin D?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
3 cups
dairy and fortified foods
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
18. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
vitamin K
dairy and fortified foods
starches - sugars - and cellulose
19. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
fats
decrease in total lymphocyte count
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
20. What function is vitamin D?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
4 calories/gram
protein
21. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
vitamin C - citrus fruits
carrots and sweet potatoes
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
22. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
4 calories/gram
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
protein
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
23. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
one week period
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
24. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
5.5 ounces/day
prealbumin levels
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
atrophy or wasting of muscle
25. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
low albumin levels < 3.4
fat soluble vitamins
rickets - osteomalacia
26. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
transferrin
3 cups
apple is higher risk than a pear
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
27. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
one week period
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
milk - enriched grains
2 cups
28. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
29. What is the function of vitamin E?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
antioxidant - immune function
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
5.5 ounces/day
30. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
carrots and sweet potatoes
day week or month
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
starches - sugars - and cellulose
31. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
protein and fat
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
32. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
protein and fat
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
diet recall
33. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
one tspn salt or less
day week or month
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
34. What is the function of vitamin C?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
35. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
trans fatty acid
300 cal/day increase
low albumin levels < 3.4
hemoglobin
36. What function is vitamin A?
essential amino acids
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
37. What is RDA of protein?
2 cups
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
38. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
3 cups
fats
milk - enriched grains
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
39. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
trans fatty acid
prealbumin levels
fats
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
40. What is normal BMI?
antioxidant - immune function
18-25
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4 calories/gram
41. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
vitamin C - citrus fruits
essential amino acids
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
one tspn salt or less
42. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
43. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
dark green - orange - drybeans
vitamin C - citrus fruits
vitamin K
diet recall
44. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
fats
500 cal/day
4 calories/gram
review of systems
45. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
fats
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
46. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
rickets - osteomalacia
day week or month
protein
milk - enriched grains
47. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
fats
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
transferrin
prealbumin levels
48. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
6 oz. a day
3 cups
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
5.5 ounces/day
49. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
carrots and sweet potatoes
vitamin K
TPN total parenteral nutrition
50. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
5.5 ounces/day
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
rickets - osteomalacia
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